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‘This EHRC Code Will Make the UK a Hostile Environment for Trans People’
Keir Starmer’s Government promises trans people ‘dignity and respect’ but is overseeing a colossal failure to protect their rights and safety, argues Helen Belcher
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£6 Billion Was Wasted on Failed and Abandoned Conservative Government Schemes
MPs slam the “egregious waste” of billions of pounds being wasted on projects that failed to deliver the promised results
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Toxic Pesticides Could Be Banned From UK Farms as Government Urged to Align With EU Rules
Ministers are considering a new report by a cross-party body which recommends closer alignment with European rules on limiting the use of harmful chemicals in our agriculture
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The Political and Media Myopia That Has Paralysed Keir Starmer’s Government
Distorted and biased media coverage and short-sighted politics in Westminster have both prevented Starmer’s Government from reaching its potential, argues Professor Chris Painter
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‘The Speech I Wish Keir Starmer Had Given’
Alexandra Hall Hall delivers the big reset speech she wishes the Prime Minister actually had made after Labour’s local elections defeats
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Sadiq Khan Interview: ‘I Know I’m Clickbait, I Know I’m Being Monetised’
The London Mayor talks to Byline Times about how ten years of rising algorithmic online hate has transformed our politics and put his own safety at risk
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‘Labour’s Leader Must Change Not Just Because Keir Starmer Is Unpopular, but Because of What Made Him Unpopular’
Replacing Keir Starmer won’t be enough to solve the far deeper problems of how a Labour Government lost the trust of the British people, argues his former adviser Simon Fletcher
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‘Andy Burnham’s Return to Westminster Would Be About National Resilience’
The media psychodrama about Burnham’s potential return to Parliament misses a far more serious point, argues Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Local Election Results 2026: Morgan McSweeney’s ‘Blue Labour’ Legacy Lives On
Keir Starmer’s former adviser’s strategy of focusing on Reform-sympathetic ‘hero voters’, whilst spurning Labour’s natural supporters on the left, has led to a disastrous set of local election results for the party, reports Adam Bienkov
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Exclusive Poll: Half of Labour’s Voters Set to Abandon Party in England as Keir Starmer’s ‘London Wall’ Crumbles
Support for Labour and the Conservatives set to fall severely at Thursday’s local elections, as Reform and the Greens make gains, an exclusive Omnisis poll for Byline Times suggests
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TUC Deputy Leader Says Labour Must Shout Louder About Workers’ Rights in Order to Beat Reform
Kate Bell says Nigel Farage’s party plans to roll back the Employment Rights Act and Equality Act are deeply unpopular
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14 Government Reforms the Media Has Largely Ignored Over Recent Weeks
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements designed to improve people’s lives across the UK
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‘Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Plans Will Put Lives at Risk for No Purpose’
The Government talks about wanting to reduce division and increase integration and then implements policies which will do the complete opposite, argues Daniel Sohege
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Colonel Keir Starmer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Prime Minister’s allies believe he has survived the attempted coup against him, but few outside Downing Street expect him to last for much longer, reports Adam Bienkov
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The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer’s Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer’s chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right
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‘The Mandelson-Epstein Scandal Is an Opportunity for Starmer to Radically Reform Our Broken Politics’
The Prime Minister should use this moment to shine a light on the dark forces corrupting our democracy, argues former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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The Case for Charging Peter Mandelson With Misconduct in Public Office
An example must be set for all politicians considering abusing their position for personal gain, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
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Keir Starmer’s Brutal Treatment of Andy Burnham Has Destroyed All Illusions About His Premiership
The true motivations of this Prime Minister can now be seen by all, argues Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Keir Starmer’s Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues Professor Chris Painter
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Four Day Weeks, Andy Burnham and the Death of Labour Dreams
On policy and raw politics, Keir Starmer’s leadership is crushing dreams of a better world, argues Mainstream co-founder Neal Lawson
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What Keir Starmer Should Have Done With Andy Burnham
The PM’s decision to block Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election risks handing the seat to Nigel Farage, and ultimately triggering his own downfall. It didn’t have to be this way, argues Adam Bienkov
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Shabana Mahmood Accused of Treating Asylum Seekers Like ‘Lab Rats’ as Home Office Moves Migrants Into Army Camps
Campaigners fear plans to warehouse migrants in army bases will increase community tensions and embolden the far-right
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British Woman Left ‘Stranded’ in Hungary After Home Office Refuse to Let Her Bring Niece to the UK
The 13-year-old girl, who she was given parental responsibility over after being abandoned by her parents, could be sent into state care because of the Home Office’s decision
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‘Keir Starmer Must Stop Chasing Reform’s Cruelty and Embrace the Compassionate Politics His Own Voters Demand’
New polling suggests a progressive majority could come back to Labour if the PM embraces a more compassionate form of politics, argues Jennifer Nadel
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Why Is the Government Really Refusing to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit?
Keir Starmer’s decision to exclude Russian interference in the 2016 EU referendum from his inquiry into foreign interference in our elections should ring alarm bells, argues Sergei Cristo
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‘They’ve Ruined Christmas’: Nigerian Student Blocked By Home Office From Visiting UK Family for Holidays
British academic and his Nigerian wife repeatedly stopped from hosting family members, including at their own wedding, due to visa restrictions brought in by Keir Starmer’s Government
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Keir Starmer’s Government Is Funding ‘Violence and Death’ on the French Border, Say Human Rights Groups
Billions of pounds is being spent on anti-migrant measures which campaigners warn are contributing to dozens of deaths of vulnerable people seeking to come to the UK
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The Government’s ‘Integrity Gap’ Is Leaving the Door Open for Nigel Farage
By offering watered down Faragist rhetoric combined with a programme of managed decline, Keir Starmer’s Government has left a political vacuum which the Reform leader is now stepping into, argues Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Imitating the Populist Right: The Politics of Shabana Mahmood
The Labour Home Secretary has spent her first months in the job actively enabling the forces of the populist right, argues Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar
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‘Keir Starmer’s Brexit Blind Spot Leaves Britain With a Major Missed Opportunity’
It was striking that the most impressive recent speech on Britain’s future in Europe came not from our current Prime Minister, but from one of his Conservative predecessors, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Seeker Military ‘Warehousing’ Plans Delayed Amid Opposition by Labour MPs
Home Office sources tell Byline Times that local Labour MPs are opposing plans by the Home Secretary to use barracks and army bases to house asylum seekers amid rising community tensions
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Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘Letting the Country Down’ With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and lifelong campaigner for child refugees, Alf Dubs, tells Byline Times that the Home Secretary’s plans are “bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government”
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‘Rachel Reeves Buys Herself Some Time With a Calculated Bet on the UK Economy’
The Chancellor’s measured statement was quite different from what the weeks of media hype about it had suggested, argues Simon Nixon
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Budget 2025: ‘Rachel Reeves Bakes an Economic Pudding With No Theme’
The seeds of the Government’s current political and economic difficulties were sown a long time ago, argues Neal Lawson
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The Good News in Rachel Reeves’ Budget
From lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, to taking on the media-backed gambling lobby, there was much to praise and far less to criticise in the Chancellor’s annual statement, argues Adam Bienkov
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‘Scrapping Jury Trials Is an Attempt to Fix a Broken Justice System by Smashing It to Pieces’
Taking away the fundamental right to be tried by a jury of your peers would be a disastrous move by Keir Starmer’s Government, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
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‘The ‘Eco-Populist’ Cost-Cutting Budget Rachel Reeves Should Really Deliver’
Only a radical approach to our broken privatised energy system can make British bill-payers genuinely better off, argues Donnachadh McCarthy
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The Government Has Cut Air Pollution Funds to Councils by 99% as Illegal Levels of Pollution Shorten Lives
New data shows just £1.5 million was given to councils in England in the past year to tackle air pollution – down from a high of £225 million in 2021
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Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Plans Will Put Human Trafficking Victims at Risk, Warn Anti-Slavery Groups
Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive
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The NHS Is Failing to Meet Waiting Times Targets Despite £3 Billion Investment
Wes Streeting’s multi-billion pound reforms are failing to deliver the improvements he promised, a report by MPs has found
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Maurice Glasman and Morgan McSweeney: The Bannon-Inspired ‘Blue Labour’ Lobby Behind Shabana Mahmood
A key supporter of the Home Secretary’s hard line on asylum seekers is also an admirer of Trump’s former campaign manager – one of Jeffrey Epstein’s closest confidantes
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TUC Chief Warns Labour to Stop ‘Slippery Slope’ Towards Nigel Farage’s Anti-Migrant Politics
Paul Nowak tells Byline Times that Keir Starmer’s Government must stop seeking to ‘out-Farage Farage’ on migration, as Shabana Mahmood faces backlash from Labour MPs over her asylum plans
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Voters are ‘Really Disappointed’ in Keir Starmer’s Government, Says Leader of Britain’s Biggest Union
Christina McAnea, standing again to lead Unison, tells Byline Times she understands why people are looking for alternatives to Starmer’s Government
